Gregg Straley Reality cables

tonyb

8 ft pair, bi-wired, spades all around. Stayed in my system the longest of any other cable. Picked up some Acoustic zen Satori speaker cables and jumpers which retail was a heck of a lot more coin. The Reality cables don't give up much to them either. 225 shipped to your door in the lower 48.

Still have some audioquest golden gate IC's too for 40 bucks if anyone is interested and an Audioquest nrg-1 power cord with the C7 connection on the end....30 bucks shipped.

mufsoman

Tony - in your opinion, do these cables tend to be warm/neutral/bright? Any comparisons to other popular cables? Where on the speaker cable food chain would you place these? Thanks

tonyb

I would say they trend on the warm side of neutral. Speaker cable food chain ? Man, just too many cables out there to do that. Like I already said, they didn't give up too much to the Acoustic Zen Satori, and that's a pretty good accomplishment. They are however stiff and may not work in tight places.

This weekend another member is giving them a whirl in Tonyb's "try it before you buy it" program.

WagnerRC

Right on Tony. I like that program. Nice!

tonyb

Seems like the program works.....mark these sold please.

hochpt21

Thanks Tony...what a swell guy!

I'm keepin 'em.

Checks in the mail....no really

mufsoman

Hochpt21 - what are you replacing with these? Obviously the difference was noticeable with the Straley's, since your keeping them. Can you provide some more details for those of us that are considering new speaker cables? Thanks

EndersShadow

mufsoman wrote: »

Hochpt21 - what are you replacing with these?

SignalCable Ultra Bi-Wire

hochpt21

@mufsoman


The signals were a huge upgrade over the no-name's that I had been using prior to them. I had them in my system for a long time. My main reason to get different cables was because my kids kept trying to pull out the banana plugs.

The reality cables have spades so I am able to lay them flat down the back of the speaker and they don't have the appeal to the kids.

That said, the reality cables seem to provide greater clarity and resolution, especially in the highs. Nothing grainy up top.

I haven't even had a chance to do a proper critical listening but that is what stands out most at this point.

WagnerRC

picked up a pair of matrix to go with the satori, very nice interconnects

mufsoman

Thanks for the feedback h21. I've heard good things about Straley cables, unfortunate for me, you beat me to the draw on these. Enjoy!!!